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标题：Looking Toward the Future
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作者：Vint Cerf, Google
期刊名称：The Internet Protocol Journal
出版年度：2007
卷号：10
期号：4
页码：23-23
出版社：Cisco Press
摘要：T he Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was formed 9 years ago, following a period of considerable debate about the institutionali zation of the basic functions performed by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)[1]. Nearly simul taneous with the inauguration of ICANN in September 1998 came the unexpected and untimely death of the man, Jonathan B. Postel[2], who had responsibility for these functions for more than a quarter century. The organization began with very limited sour ces of funds, a small and over worked staff, and contentious debate about its organi zation al structure, policy apparatus, and operational proce dures. The organization underwent substantial change through its Evolution and Reform Process (ERP)[3]. Among the more diffi cult constituencies to accommodate in the organi zation’s policy-making process was the general public. An At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)[4] emerged from the ERP and has recently formed Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs) in all of ICANN’s fi ve regions.